Download or read book Except When I Write written by Arthur Krystal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When cultural critics with such wildly divergent views as Jacques Barzun, Christopher Hitchens, Joseph Epstein, Dana Gioia, and Morris Dickstein all agree about the merits of one contemporary essayist, shouldn't you find out why? "I never think except when I sit down to write." -- Attributed to Montaigne by Edgar Allan Poe From Montaigne in the sixteenth century to Orwell, Eliot, and Trilling in the twentieth, the best literary essayists combine a gift for observation with an abiding commitment to books. Although it may seem that books are becoming less essential and that a revolution in sensibility is taking place, the essays of Arthur Krystal suggest otherwise. Companionable without being chummy, engaged without being didactic, erudite without being stuffy, he demonstrates that literature, even in the digital age, remains the truest expression of the human condition. Covering subjects as diverse as aphorisms, dueling, the night, and the 1960s, the essays gathered here offer the common reader uncommon pleasure. In prose that is both vibrant and elegant, Krystal negotiates among myriad subjects-from historical writing as exemplified by Jacques Barzun to the art of screenwriting as not so happily represented by F. Scott Fitzgerald. His cardinal rule as a writer? William Hazlitt's "Confound it, man, don't be insipid." No fear of that. Except When I Write is thoughtful in the most joyful sense-brimming with ideas in order to give us the flow and cadence of someone actually thinking. Keenly observant and death on pretension, Krystal examines the world of books without ever losing sight of the world beyond them. Literature may be the bedrock on which these essays rest, but as F. R. Leavis aptly noted, "One cannot seriously be interested in literature and remain purely literary in interests." Except When I Write is a reminder of both the pleasure and the power of a well-tuned essay.
Download or read book Bear Necessity written by James Gould-Bourn and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming, poignant, and charming debut novel for fans of Nick Hornby and The Rosie Project, about a father and son overcoming their grief in surprisingly inventive ways. Danny’s life is falling apart. He’s become a single father to eleven-year-old Will—who hasn’t spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash a year earlier—and Danny has just been fired from his construction job. To make matters worse, he’s behind on the rent and his nasty landlord is threatening to break his legs if he doesn’t pay soon. Danny needs money, and fast. After observing local street performers in a nearby park, Danny spends his last few dollars on a tattered panda costume, impulsively deciding to become a dancing bear. While performing one day, Danny spots his son in the park, and chases off the older boys who are taunting him. Will opens up for the first time since his mother’s death, unaware that the man in the panda costume is his father. Afraid of disclosing his true identity, Danny comforts his son. But will Danny lose Will’s trust once he reveals who he is? And will he be able to dance his way out of debt, or be beaten up before he has a chance? Filled with a colorful cast of characters, Bear Necessity is a refreshingly unpretentious and ultimately uplifting story of a father and son reconnecting in the most unlikely of circumstances.
Download or read book Faith Lettering Journal written by Krystal Whitten and published by Ellie Claire Gifts. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect resource to discover and develop your own personal style for lettering and illustrating your faith.
Download or read book The Summer Island Festival written by Rachel Burton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The perfect book to take you away from this endless winter' Jenny Ashcroft When Willow walks out on her own wedding, there's only one place she can go... Growing up in the island village of Seaview, Willow always dreamed of a bigger life. Then her childhood sweetheart Luc betrayed her and she ran, resolving never to look back. Now, twelve years on, her glamorous London life is a mess and the island is her only option. But she's not the only one back for the summer. Luc is now a world-famous heartthrob musician, and he's finally come home to headline the Isle of Wight's annual music festival. As Willow untangles her messy past, she stumbles on a secret that could destroy her family, the island's fragile community – and her second chance at love... What readers are saying about The Summer Island Festival... 'I devoured this book! A wonderful summer read' Lauren North 'A gorgeous book to lose yourself in' Sarah Bennett 'Loved this, I flew through it really quickly and got engrossed in the storyline. Fab read' Lis Beasley, Careful of Books, 5* 'An absolutely fantastic read. More twists than you could imagine' – Reader review, 5* 'The story is so perfectly written the words just flow off the pages' – Reader review, 5* 'Burton is a terrific storyteller' – Reader review, 5* 'This book was fabulous and just the perfect escapism that I really needed!' – Reader review, 5* 'I fell in love with Rachel Burton's writing last year, her style and stories transport me into her pages' – Reader review, 5* 'A truly beautiful read. Highly recommend you pick this one up, you will not be left disappointed. A huge ????? from me' – Reader review, 5* 'Oh, this book is an absolute must! Truly, it is an incredible read that kept me hooked page after page' – Reader review, 5* 'You'll feel like you've travelled back in time 30 years and assumed the life of a roadie or groupie!' – Reader review, 5*
Download or read book Only By Moonlight written by Lynn Emery and published by Lynn Emery. This book was released on 2014-01-26 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only By Moonlight is the third book in the paranormal series featuring psychic LaShaun Rousselle and Deputy Chase Broussard. Lovely Vermilion Parish, Louisiana is teeming with bloody secrets. LaShaun is once more called on to use her paranormal ability to solve a mystery. What starts out as a simple case of wild teenagers dabbling in the occult turns out to be just one layer to a far darker and deeper plot. A formidable cult is determined to unleash a malevolent force on the world. To her horror, Chase seems possessed by the threat LaShaun is fighting to defeat. Will she have to kill Chase to save him? LaShaun wages a war she can’t afford to lose.
Download or read book Quinn s Riddles written by Aleesah Darlison and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Heart�s young son has been kidnapped. Now it�s up to the Unicorn Riders to rescue him, but the only clue is a trial of taunting riddles left by the abductors. Will Quinn be able to solve the perplexing puzzles and lead the other Riders to the prince before it�s too late?
Download or read book Krystal Ball Dream Birthday written by Ruby Ann Phillips and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krystal Ball is hoping for a dream birthday, but her fortune-telling talents are giving her nightmares.
Download or read book Modern Romances written by Judy Lopatin and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen stories tell of a rock singer's experiences with men, ghosts, painters, prostitutes, photographers, murderers, the Paris underworld, and secret lives.
Download or read book LaShaun Rousselle Mysteries Box Set Books 1 3 written by Lynn Emery and published by Lynn Emery. This book was released on with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three thrilling mysteries in one collection. Psychic LaShaun Rousselle and Deputy Chase Broussard hunt killers in the swamps of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. In A Darker Shade of Midnight, LaShaun must stop an evil from the supernatural world and prove she's not a murderer. In Between Dusk and Dawn, LaShaun and Chase must stop a serial killer who may or may not be all human. In Only By Moonlight, LaShaun fights a cult and has to save Chase when he's controlled by an evil force.
Download or read book Silent Love written by Susan Shuler De Long and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behind the Wishes written by Tina Griffith and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before he turned 10 years old, Dolphyn learned to push his feelings down and keep his reactions bottled up. He had a premonition that someday all of his pent-up anger would come bubbling to the surface, and all it would take was one final straw and he would surely snap. That day came when he was 27 years old, and with each and every explosion of fury from then on, came this sudden and unique talent of being able to make someone die just by uttering a few words. This strange gift worked in his favor, until he caused the woman he loves, to end her life. When he realized what he had done, he searched everywhere, trying desperately to find her. Will he get to her in time? Could he break the spell? Read Behind The Wishes to find out.
Download or read book Becoming Sweet Girls written by Alyson Belle and published by Alyson Belle Productions. This book was released on with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sugar couldn’t be sweeter these soft, touching stories about men exploring their feminine side for the first time… Sometime you don’t even know what you want until you get it, as these three young men discover when magical forces conspire to transform them into women and make all of their dreams come true! In this romantic and touching collection of three steamy titles, these men find their true selves (and their true loves) by becoming the women they’d never imagined they could be. With over 250 pages of exciting and heartwarming gender bending romance, you’re sure to be up reading this into the late, late hours of the night. With this much sweet and thrilling content, what are you waiting for? Get it today! Full-Length books in this collection: - Finding You by Alyson Belle - Bright and Bubbly by Alyson Belle - Becoming Hers by Alyson Belle
Download or read book Tales of Magic Fantasy written by Justine Hong and published by Experiences & Experiments Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be prepared to travel to lands of magic and fantasy, and meet beloved characters like Curry the dragon, Mr. Readalot the librarian, Morgana the witch and the steel monster Titanius. Written by authors aged ten to sixteen, the tales in the book are full of action and adventure and will take you to worlds beyond your imagination!
Download or read book The Fashion Designer written by Deke Rivers and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a young Irish girl, who immigrates to the USA, and her struggles to become an international Fashion Designer, with some help from A Movie Star and a West Coast Architect.
Download or read book Rob Gibson and the Journey to the Dual World written by Rovic P. Gutierrez and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob Gibson, a smart boy living in Lost Angeles, California was the center of bullying in school due to his strange skin disease. Added to that was a haunting dream of an unknown place devastated by a giant dragon and a monster snake. A boy and a girl kept asking for his help. With unavoidable fate, he discovered his lightning power while trying to save his brother from gangsters. Together with his best friend Bench, a Filipino foreign exchange student, Rob was destined to search for other teens who, like them, were power-holders. They would form a team needed to stop the force of Oydimon, king of evil, in invading the world. Would their friendship and powers be enough to stop the invasion?
Download or read book This Is Not Fame written by Doug Stanhope and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unfiltered, unapologetic, hilarious, and sometimes obscene assemblage of tales from the down-and-dirty traveling comedy circuit Doug Stanhope has been drunkenly stumbling down the back roads and dark alleys of stand-up comedy for over a quarter of a century, roads laden with dank bars, prostitutes, cheap drugs, farm animals, evil dwarfs, public nudity, menacing third-world police, psychotic breaks, sex offenders, and some understandable suicides. You know, just for levity. While other comedians were seeking fame, Stanhope was seeking immediate gratification, dark spectacle, or sometimes just his pants. Not to say he hasn't rubbed elbows with fame. He's crashed its party, snorted its coke, and jumped into its pool naked, literally and often repeatedly -- all while artfully dodging fame himself. Doug spares no legally permissible detail, and his stories couldn't be told any other way. They're weird, uncomfortable, gross, disturbing, and fucking funny. This Is Not Fame is by no means a story of overcoming a life of excess, immorality, and reckless buffoonery. It's an outright celebration of it. For Stanhope, the party goes on.
Download or read book Authenticity written by Mark Toft and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brands are alienating customers by telling the wrong story and championing a false purpose. Your business can avoid the same fate, attract loyal customers, and out-narrate the competition by embracing authenticity. Equal parts provocation and exhortation, the insights of Authenticity apply to business, marketing, and life in general. Too many companies depend on marketing tactics that don't match the needs and concerns of their customers or embrace messaging and causes that don't connect. Authenticity is an anti-gimmick business book. It prescribes clear strategies that enable companies to communicate in a more genuine, emotional way. Authors Mark Toft, Jay Sunny, and Rich Taylor provide a series of approaches to help embrace and communicate the purpose of your brand with effectiveness. Whether you're a business executive who wants to be more persuasive or an advertising professional looking to grow your brand, this book combines the authors' successful experiences at top agencies into practical advice that can work for anyone in any business. Readers will learn the importance of purpose and conflict in marketing activities, how to approach advertising with clarity and passion, and how to plan content while avoiding the false allure of aspirational advertising and insincere corporate social responsibility. Inauthentic messaging can often spell failure for a business, but the company that tells a genuine, compelling story to its clients is the one that succeeds.
